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Argentine Lower House Reviews Milei’s Vetoes on Pensions and Disability Laws - teleSUR English
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Argentine Lower House Reviews Milei’s Vetoes on Pensions and Disability Laws - teleSUR English
Lawmakers seek to overturn presidential decisions as families protest outside Congress. On Wednesday, Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies convened to review vetoes issued by President Javier Milei on laws that increased spending on pensions and disability benefits. RELATED: The Price of Adjustment: Health and Retirement Policies Under Milei’s Government in Argentina The session began with opposition lawmakers pressing for a 7.2% hike in pensions and…
The Chief of Staff said that the ruling party worked to ratify President Milei's vetoes on the increase in retirements and the Disability Emergency Law. He reiterated that there are no resources to deal with the expenses that these rules imply.
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With just over a third of the votes, the government today managed to override President Javier Milei's veto of the law that aimed to increase pension benefits by 7.2%, in addition to expanding the exceptional bonus to 110,000 pesos for minimum-income retirees. The opposition rejected the veto and sought to deal another blow to the government, but fell just short: it obtained 160 votes in favor of insisting on the law, while 83 voted against it, …
The vote in the Chamber of Deputies came out 160 to 83 and did not reach two thirds to insist with the increase to the retirements. Last-minute changes of governors and absences of Union for the Homeland helped Javier Milei. The minimum retirement is $384,000 with bonus included, with this law would have involved an increase of $62,000. With a very tight result, Javier Milei managed to shield the veto to the retirements for the second time altho…
The Chamber of Deputies of the Nation achieved a significant political event by bringing together the special two-thirds majority to enable the treatment of the presidential veto to the Law on Financing Disability Benefits. The initiative, promoted by the opposition, was supported by legislators from various blocs, including members who, in the past, had supported projects of the national government. The vote, which took place on Tuesday, reflec…
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